Dinner!

JHP and I are are better, but now Daddy is sick. :(

We re-introduced rice cereal along with some bananas on Saturday evening. JHP wasn't sure what to do with the stuff on the spoon. So we put the pacifier in to get the sucking going then gave him the spoon, which he sucked clean (that is a relative term for babies). I interchanged the nanas and cereal and he ate quite a bit. Sunday morning, I mixed it all together and diluted it with water and he ate it right up. Whoo Hoo! We are almost done with the jar of nanas. Next will be peaches. And I guess I'll try straight cereal again. He's got to get used to it. I guess I'll mix it with some apple juice. We took some pics. Notice the feet! This morning a spoonful landed on the floor thanks to a swift kick! The rest of the pics are on the WelbAlbums.

-EBP-

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Summer Colds!

Well, it's official! JHP (and me) have our first sickness - a summer cold! Joy! I've been told this won't be the last time we are both sick. I just hope Daddy misses it! We are doing OK. JHP is coughing a lot, but otherwise doesn't seem too phased by it all. He keeps insisting on rolling over (and drooling / dripping everywhere). This morning he had a hold of his puppy and rolled over with his arm over it. I had to grab the camera!

-EBP-

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Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'...

They say you can't keep a good man down. Well, you can't keep a baby from rolling over once he's figured out how to do it. The issue now is that he hasn't quite figured out what to do next. He has, however, become more comfortable on his tummy and will lay his head down if he gets tired. He'll grab his toys if they are in reach, but he still seems easily frustrated, but I imagine that will ease soon. He's getting stronger everyday and will sit up in the boppy for short periods of time.

I figured you'd like to see him in action!

-EBP-

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Four months and counting...

6/18/08

We went to the Doctor on Tuesday for JHP's 4 month check up. He's up to 12 lbs 12 oz, 24 inches long and 42 cm head circumference (10%, 25%, and 25-50% percentiles respectively). The doc said, " And to think, I was once worried about him gaining enough weight!" He also said the mumur was greatly reduced even from one month ago. The only down part of the trip was the 3 shots he had to get. He screamed like bloody murder with the first one (almost as bad as when I cut him the first time while trimming his finernails!). The rest were just icing on the cake. Poor kid!

He's still trying to roll over. He likes being on his side and doesn't seem too interested in going all the way over most of the time. Every once in a while he'll make it. Then he gets frustrated becuase he can't go any where. His sleep habit are improving. He's easier to get down for naps and seems to be soothing himself with the thumb more when in the crib. We've gone back to giving him a bottle of formula before bed and this seems to have helped his sleeping duration and the ease of getting him to go down for the night. It was taking a long time and lots of crying to get him to sleep before we went back to the bottle. Now he's very content after a bath and bottle and goes down most nights in 30 minutes or less with little to no crying. He's been sleeping 5-6 hours at a stretch, eating, and then sleeping another 3-4 hours. This has been VERY GOOD FOR MOMMA! I feel refreshed when I get up to feed him and manage to stay awake through the whole feed. This make for a very efficient feeding. The only drawback is that sometimes I have trouble falling back to sleep!!!

Here's a picture that Daddy set up. What was he thinking? I'm not sure! And, of course, JHP is in his Peanut onesie that Brooke gave him. I can't believe he actually fits into it now! It looked so big when she gave it to us.

I took some more shots of JHP yesterday and have uploaded them to the WebAlbums. The one I put up at the beginning is one of my favorites. There were several. I hope you enjoy them!

-EBP-

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Rolling over...and I missed it! And other things...

JHP's been trying so hard to roll over (to the left) this past week. Yesterday, he got his hip over, but wasn't sure what to do next. (You kinda have to leave him to himself, otherwise he's more interested in you than rolling over.) Well, today I put him on his mat and I went to try to get my laptop to fax something. I was gone several minutes and he started crying. When I went back into the room, he was on his tummy with his arms flailing like he was superman. And oh, he was mad! He couldn't do anything but arch his back and fly like superman. I picked him up and soothed him and and told him how proud I was and that I was sorry I'd missed his first roll over. It brought tears to my eyes that I missed it. They grow up so fast! He'll be 4 months next week and somedays it seems like just yesterday he was born and other days it seems like forever that he was part of my life. I guess GOOD THINGS are like that. Looking back at the pictures, he's changed so much...

...Just like my niece June. She turned 3 on Saturday. She had a good day and really enjoyed her time with family. Especially her cousin John whom she calls "Her Baby Peanut". Although she does know that his name is John (Baby John). I found this pic of when June was born and I can't believe how small she was. Jimmy was such a proud papa that day! And now she's 3 and she can talk! A lot! She had tons of questions about John and was amazed at his little hands and feet and ears and anything else she noticed about him. She's such a proud cousin!

She likes to pose for pictures and likes to hold him, although she did admit to me that he's getting big.

As you can see from the picture above (Sister-in-law Jane helping out with the holding), he's putting everything in his mouth now. Most of the time, I just give him a burp cloth. That way he kind keeps the drool in check by himself and I know it's clean and washable. And Daddy did some experimenting last weekend and discovered some things about getting JHP to sleep both at night and for naps. It's not perfect, but it's better than it was. He's becoming a little more active when he feeds. Last week I had to close the blinds because he wanted to see outside more that he wanted to eat. Most of the time this is not the case, but every so often... And I sometimes have to pin his legs down so he doesn't kick me in the chest. His head control is really pretty good unless he's really tired. We've put him in the Jumperoo and he really likes it as long as he's not tired.

I guess I've rambled enough. I'll post the rest of the pic from Saturday up on the WebAlbums.

-EBP-

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